Millers Falls Publications — 1930-1949

• Goodell-Pratt Company.
• Complete catalog number 17.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Goodell-Pratt Company, September 1930.
• 416 pages : illustrated ; 15 x 23 cm.

Issued just six months prior to the merger with Millers Falls, this catalog is useful for understanding the extensive line of products that needed to be integrated into the combined operation. The Goodell-Pratt line, at 1500 tools, was far larger than that of the Millers Falls Company. Tools were sold under both corporate trademarks until the late 1940's.

• Millers Falls Company.
• Millers Falls portable electric drills and attachments.
• Millers Falls , Mass. : Millers Falls Co., [ca. 1930].
• 1 folded sheet : illustrated ; 16 x 51 cm.

A counter-top promotion printed on both sides, folded five times to form a booklet. Although it deals with electric tools, the booklet is included in this list because it is part of the company's classic series of counter-top promotions. The 1930 publication date is an estimate as the booklet was published sometime between 1929 and the 1932 closing of the Brattleboro plant. The cover is seen here.

• Millers Falls Company.
• Catalog 41: first consolidated catalog of Millers Falls Tools, Goodell-Pratt.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., January 1935.
• 240 pages : illustrated ; 20 x 27 cm.

Large format catalog. The first catalog to consolidate the Millers Falls and Goodell-Pratt lines after the 1931 merger. Also the first catalog to feature the economy priced Mohawk-Shelburne line. Nice illustrations, but lacks the spectacular plates of the 1929 catalog.

• Millers Falls Company.
• Catalog 41: first consolidated catalog of Millers Falls Tools, Goodell-Pratt.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., January 1935.
• 240 pages : illustrated ; 9 x 14 cm.

Small format catalog. Not as as colorful as the large format edition—less use of red ink. The blue ink used for the large catalog's Blue-Mol hacksaw blade and glass cutter pages is lacking entirely.

• Millers Falls Company.
• Catalog 41: first consolidated catalog of Millers Falls Tools, Goodell-Pratt.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., January 1935 [i.e. 1936].
• 240 [i.e., 255] pages : illustrated ; 13 x 18 cm.

An easily missed variant of Catalog 41. Despite the 1935 date on the introductory page, this catalog was published in 1936. A fifteen page section of new tools is inserted between the introduction and section on hand planes. The 'new tool' supplement includes, among others, the No. 95 weather strip plane, a red and black mottled, tenite-handled version of the No. 84 hacksaw frame and the No. 430 spiral ratchet screwdriver. To date, this is the only catalog found to include a proper illustration of the No. 95 weather strip plane. In addition to the new tools section, there are some differences in both the internal content and the cover of this and the previous edition. The cover of the earlier edition shows Millers Falls and Goodell-Pratt logos linked by chains, the cover on the variant does not. Other differences in the treatment of the cover include the border trim and the coloring of the catalog number.

• Millers Falls Company.
• Carving and turning tools.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., [1936].
• 1 folded sheet : illustrated ; 25 x 32 cm.

A counter-top promotion printed on both sides, folded three times to form a booklet. Four carving tool sets and eight turning tools are featured. The turning tools could be purchased individually or as a set. (A half-inch parting tool could be purchased for seventy cents.) The 1936 date is an estimate, as the booklet includes an illustration and promotion for the 1936 variant of the company's Catalog 41. The example seen here has been marked on the back by Kraut & Dohnal Co. of 325 S. Clark St. in Chicago.

• Millers Falls Company.
• Suggested jobbers resale price sheet effective April 17, 1937: applying to catalog no. 41.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., 1937.
• 48 pages ; 9 x 14 cm.

Title from cover. Printed on uncoated yellow paper with no illustrations. The copy examined in preparing this listing contained two loose supplementary price sheets dated June 10, 1937 and September 4, 1937. The supplementary price sheet for September consists of a single 9 x 14 cm. piece of paper. Printed on one side, it lists the first availability of the No. 209 De Luxe smooth plane.

• Millers Falls Company.
• 70th anniversary catalog no. 42.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., January 1938.
• 240 pages : illustrated ; 20 x 27 cm.

Large format catalog. Continues the listing of some Goodell-Pratt tools. Introduces the permaloid-handled Parsons brace and No. 209 De Luxe smooth plane to the general public. The No. 84 hacksaw frame now sports a red permaloid handle. Nice artwork, especially the full page illustrations. With its use of two-color printing and red ink on almost every page, a joy to behold. Introductory page for scraper section is shown at left.

• Millers Falls Company.
• 70th anniversary catalog no. 42.
• S.l. : Mid- West Tool Collectors Assoc., June 1999.
• 240 pages : illustrated ; 20 x 27 cm.
• Originally published: New York : Millers Falls Co., January 1938.

Reprint of large format version. Not a lavish as the original—many two-color pages have been reproduced in black and white. Outside corners of pages cut with square, rather than rounded edges. Lacks the red end papers of the original edition. Introductory page for scraper section is shown at left.

• Millers Falls Company.
• 70th anniversary catalog no. 42.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., January 1938. [i.e., 1939].
• 240 pages : illustrated ; 13 x 18 cm.

Small format catalog and easily missed variant of catalog no. 42. Although the page numbering and date on the title page date are identical to the large format edition of 1938, the volume described here contains minor variations in content. Most notable is a somewhat expanded line of Mohawk-Shelburne tools. Less use of red ink than in the original large format edition. Introductory page for scraper section is shown at left.

• Millers Falls Company.
• Tools of quality for craftsmen in wood & metal.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., 1939.
• 31 pages : illustrated ; 14 x 19 cm.
• "Abridged catalog no. E 1."

Title from cover. An abridged version of some of the 70th anniversary catalog no. 42 showing some of the firm's most popular products and intended for the British market. Included are some tools not found in the U.S. versions of the catalog. Printed in London by the Robertson Press and Paper Company, prices are listed in pounds, shillings, etc.

• Millers Falls Company.
• 70th anniversary catalog no. 42.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., January 1938 [i.e., about 1940]
• a-p, 240 [i.e., 256] pages : illustrated ; 11.5 x 15 cm.

Small format catalog and easily missed variant of catalog no. 42. A 'new tool' section, consisting of 16 pages lettered A-P, appears to the front of the catalog and documents the appearance of the company's No. 206 block plane and the No. 70 hand drill. Although the title page indicates that this is the 70th anniversary catalog, the ubiquitous 70th Anniversary graphic seen on almost every page of earlier versions of catalog no. 42 is absent. There is no use of red ink, and the dimensions of the catalog are noticeably smaller than those of the 1939 small format edition. Introductory page for scraper section is shown at left.

• Millers Falls Company.
• Catalog no. 42.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., January 1938 [i.e., about 1942]
• a-p, 240 [i.e., 256] pages : illustrated ; 13 x 18 cm.

Small format catalog. An easily missed variant of catalog no. 42. This edition is known as the National Emergency Catalog. The title page includes notice that specifications for some tools might change without notice and other tools be temporarily discontinued due to the national emergency (World War II). Includes the same new tool section that appeared in the ca. 1940 version of the catalog. The descriptions of some electric tools are overstamped with a notice indicating that their sale is limited to the Western Hemisphere. Less use of red ink than in the original large format edition of 1938. The title page is shown here.

• Millers Falls Company.
• Revised list prices effective February 14, 1944: applying to catalog no. 42.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., 1944.
• 20 pages ; 12 x 17 cm.

Title from cover. Due to the second World war, many of the tools listed are marked "Discontinued" or "Temp. Disc." A number of the temporarily discontinued items never made it back into production. Uncoated blue-green paper, no illustrations. Sized to fit neatly inside the cover of the small format Catalog no. 42.

• Millers Falls Company.
• Hand tools, portable electric tools, hacksaws: catalog no. 49.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., October 1949.
• 172 pages : illustrated ; 22 x 28 cm.

Large format catalog. Goodell-Pratt tools no longer listed. Includes a fair number of power tools and is first catalog to feature the Buck Rogers No. 104 hand drill. Nice use of red ink in many illustrations. Interesting, too, are the bright blue and yellow-inked hacksaw blades (shown here).

• Millers Falls Company.
• Hand tools, portable electric tools, hacksaws: catalog no. 49.
• Greenfield, Mass. : Millers Falls Co., October 1949.
• 172 pages : illustrated ; 13 x 19 cm.

Small format catalog. Identical to the large format catalog, except less use of red ink and illustrations of hacksaw blades are black and white. Lacks the visual appeal of the large format catalog.